Hello Experimenters!
Happy to be back after a much needed week off. I’ve been prioritizing my community as I prepare for a big move from Greater Boston to Central Pennsylvania. That said, there may be a few weeks in the near future where the newsletter is late or doesn’t go out. If anyone is interested in being a Guest Contributor in the coming months, let me know. I’d be happy to walk you through the process. 🙂
In solidarity,
Gabby
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Emergency Funds
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants
Onassis Emergency Fellowships 2020/21
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants
Filmmaker’s Guide To Applying For US Coronavirus Federal Relief
Emergency Resources for Artists and Freelancers
COVID-19 Funding for Artists in New England
Calls for Entry
Minus20degree due July 14th
Chicago Underground Film Festival Earlybird Deadline July 15th
LPM 2021 Apulia due July 15th
Film Fest Kodama Regular Deadline July 15th
NY / Open Call: Solo Exhibition due July 15th
Health and the Climate & Ecological Emergency Exhibition due July 16th
Projektion Darmstadt due July 17th
SSA Annual Exhibition (Installation) due July 18th
Helios Sun Poetry Film Festival Regular Deadline July 20th
HBI Artist Program due July 30th
Experimental Film Odyssey Regular Deadline July 30th
Moinho Cine Fest due July 31st
Orbiting the Glitch due July 31st
SSA Annual Exhibition due July 31st
Viennale International Film Festival due July 31st
Ann Arbor Film Festival Earlybird Deadline July 31st
Technarte International Conference due July 31st
Media City Film Festival due July 31st
SPLICE Film Fest Early Bird Deadline July 31st
2021 Punto y Raya Festival due August 2nd
Film Fest Kodama August Deadline August 4th
Sundance Film Festival Early Deadline August 6th
On Media. Signals and Connections due August 7th
Vision and Visibility, Exhibition 2021 due August 9th
ALTERNATIVE FILM/VIDEO 2021 due August 10th
Sundance Film Festival Early Deadline (Features) August 13th
ExperimentoBio 2021 due August 15th
Sundance Film Festival Regular Deadline August 23rd
Chicago Underground Film Festival Regular Deadline August 26th
Ann Arbor Film Festival Earlybird Deadline August 31st
Moinho Cine Fest due August 31st
Aesthetica due August 31st
MONSTERFUCKERS due September 1st
Decolonising Film & Screen Studies due September 1st
The 2021 Film And Video Poetry Symposium Deadline September 4th
Sundance Film Festival Regular Deadline (Features) September 6th
Freedom for Free due September 7th
Moinho Cine Fest due September 30th
Thomas Edison Film Festival Regular Deadline October 15th
ESMoA Video Art + Film Festival: BLUE/S! Regular Deadline October 23rd
SPLICE Film Fest Regular Deadline December 24th
Open Residencies & Fellowships
Stuart Hall Library Artist’s Residency due July 14th
SFFILM New American Fellowship due July 15th
Digital Diasporas due July 15th
Stiwdio Maelor Residency due July 19th
Arnis Residency due July 25th
What is Evidence? due July 31st
Clark Honors College Virtual Faculty-in-Residence Award 2022 due August 1st
Gallery 263 Exhibition Proposals due August 1st
South Shorts due August 4th
Bemis Center Artist-in-Residence due August 16th
AirLand due September 10th
HAMBIDGE RESIDENCIES – Spring 22 due September 15th
Online Artists Support Program
The Loisaida Center Emerging Artist Residency
Open Funds
Sundance Institute | Stars Collective Granting Fund due July 16th
GLAS Animation Grant due August 1st
AXS Film Fund due September 4th
Black Artists Grant (UK)
Things to Watch
Remains to be Streamed, IG Live (Ongoing, Tuesdays 8PM PT)
My Mexican Bretzel by Nuria Giménez (July 7th – 13th)
Cousins and Kin: Anti-Ethnography (June 16th – July 15th)
The Illinois Parables by Deborah Stratman (July 1st – 15th)
Saki Mafundikwa, Shungu: The Resilience of a People (July 12th – 18th)
Sara Eliassen, A Blank Slate (July 7th – 20th)
Maja Borg, Man (July 7th – 20th)
Paul McCarthy and Mike Kelley, Fresh Acconci (July 7th – 20th)
John Greyson, Fig Trees (July 7th – 20th)
Miguel Ventura, How Shall I Love You, My New Little One? (July 7th – 20th)
Vision Creep – PWYC (July 15th – July 22nd)
Anocha Suwichakornpong, Graceland (July 1st – 31st)
Anocha Suwichakornpong and Tulapop Saenjaroen, Nightfall (July 1st – 31st)
They Still Want to Kill Us (May 26th – July 31st)
TEFF: Director’s Choice Collection 2021 (June 1st – August 1st)
Artist Talk: Ezra Wube (July 12th at 7PM ET)
Things to Read
Article/Essay: Warpland Revival By Evie Shockley
Book Recommendation: American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Poem: The Sermon on the Warpland by Gwendolyn Brooks
Things to Do
Assignment: Set up a workday with a friend/colleague. This can be virtual or in-person depending on your ability. This weekend, I spent three hours on Hangout with one of my best friends while we did some direct animation and caught up. This can be especially helpful if there’s a project you’ve been putting off or a practice you’re struggling to restart.
Journal: Brainstorm this week. You have 30 minutes. Sit down with a piece of paper/notebook. Come up with three ideas you could explore for projects. You are under no obligation to make them or even make them reasonable/doable. Just let your imagination run wild.
